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On the Brink

How a Crisis Transformed Lloyd's of London

By: Andrew Duguid

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On the Brink

How a Crisis Transformed Lloyd's of London

By: Andrew Duguid

Huge losses very nearly destroyed Lloyd's, a revered British institution, the world's largest insurance market. Ten thousand people faced big personal bills they thought profoundly unfair. They challenged a complacent institution, forcing it to confront its biggest ever crisis. This book tells what really happened, from the inside.

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Springer

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1137299304

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9781137299307

Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform

By: R. Michael Alvarez,J. Andrew Sinclair

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Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform

By: R. Michael Alvarez,J. Andrew Sinclair

Examines California's first use of the 'top-two' primary system in 2012 from a variety of perspectives, using several different methodologies.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107068835

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9781107068834

Toxic Masculinity, Casino Capitalism, and America's Favorite Card Game

The Poker Mindset

By: Andrew Manno

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Toxic Masculinity, Casino Capitalism, and America's Favorite Card Game

The Poker Mindset

By: Andrew Manno

Poker is a centuries-old American game. Why has it become so popular in the twenty-first century? What does current interest in the game tell us about ourselves and some of our most pressing social issues? In this timely and thought-provoking book, Andrew Manno offers important insights into the intersection of gaming, gender, and capitalism that illuminate how the shift to a casino capitalist economy—combined with a culture of toxic masculinity—impacts workers and how it has led to the rise of populism in the United States that manifested in the 2016 election of Donald Trump.

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215

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Springer Nature

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3030402606

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9783030402600

The Public Face of Wilkie Collins

The Collected Letters

By: Andrew Gasson

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The Public Face of Wilkie Collins

The Collected Letters

By: Andrew Gasson

The editors have transcribed 2,500 of Wilkie Collins's letters, around 700 of them previously unidentified, and have given them all a full scholarly annotation and context. The letters shed light on the personal life and business activities of this creative Victorian personality.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040156088

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9781040156087

Obsessed With...Hollywood

Test Your Knowledge of the Silver Screen

By: Andrew J. Rausch,Andy Rausch

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Obsessed With...Hollywood

Test Your Knowledge of the Silver Screen

By: Andrew J. Rausch,Andy Rausch

Includes multiple choice questions about the world of film. Embedded in the book is a special computerized quiz module that lets you compete against yourself or a friend.

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Chronicle Books

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1932855726

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9781932855722

The Papers of Andrew Johnson

By: Andrew Johnson

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The Papers of Andrew Johnson

By: Andrew Johnson

This volume contains correspondence related to the aftermath of the Civil War, including Johnson's ascension to the presidency and the beginnings of the conflict with Congress that would result in his near-impeachment.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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0870496131

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9780870496134

Shaman or Sherlock?

The Native American Detective

By: Gina Macdonald,Andrew F. Macdonald

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Shaman or Sherlock?

The Native American Detective

By: Gina Macdonald,Andrew F. Macdonald

Fictional depictions of Native American concepts of justice, crime, and the investigation of crime are explored in this original work. Shaman or Sherlock explores depictions created by Native American authors themselves, as well as those created by outsiders with mainstream agendas. The most successful of these writers fuse authentic Native American culture with standard genre conventions, thus providing an appealing, empathetic view of little-understood or underappreciated groups, as well as insight into issues of cross-cultural communication. Dealing with such significant concepts as acculturation, regional diversity, and assimilation, this unique study evaluates over 200 detective stories. Though the crime novel began in Europe as a manifestation of Enlightenment rationality and scientific methodology, the Native American detective story moves into the realm of the spiritual and intuitive, often incorporating depictions of non-material phenomena. Shaman or Sherlock? explores how geographical and tribal differences, degrees of assimilation, and the evolution of age-old cultural patterns shape the Native American detective story.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313075069

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9780313075063

Events and Urban Regeneration

The Strategic Use of Events to Revitalise Cities

By: Andrew Smith

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Events and Urban Regeneration

The Strategic Use of Events to Revitalise Cities

By: Andrew Smith

In recent years, major sporting and cultural events such as the Olympic Games have emerged as significant elements of public policy, particularly in efforts to achieve urban regeneration. As well as opportunities arising from new venues, these events are viewed as a way of stimulating investment, gaining civic engagement and publicizing progress to assist the urban regeneration process more generally. However, the pursuit of regeneration involving events is a practice that is poorly understood, controversial and risky. Events and Urban Regeneration is the first book dedicated to the use of events in regeneration. It explores the relationship between events and regeneration by analyzing a range of cities and a range of sporting and cultural events projects. It considers various theoretical perspectives to provide insight into why major events are important to contemporary cites. It examines the different ways that events can assist regeneration, as well as problems and issues associated with this unconventional form of public policy. It identifies key issues faced by those tasked with using events to assist regeneration and suggests how practices could be improved in the future. The book adopts a multi-disciplinary perspective, drawing together ideas from the geography, urban planning and tourism literatures, as well as from the emerging events and regeneration fields. It illustrates arguments with a range of international case studies placed within and at the end of chapters to show positive outcomes that have been achieved and examples of high profile failures. This timely book is essential reading for students and practitioners who are interested in events, urban planning, urban geography and tourism.

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Routledge

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1136488588

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9781136488580

The Art of Writing Fiction

By: Andrew Cowan

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The Art of Writing Fiction

By: Andrew Cowan

An elegant and intimate insight into the personal and practical processes of writing, Andrew Cowan’s The Art of Writing Fiction draws on his experience as a prize-winning novelist and his work with emerging writers at the University of East Anglia. As illuminating for the recreational writer as for students of Creative Writing, the twelve chapters of this book correspond to the twelve weeks of a typical university syllabus, and provide guidance on mastering key aspects of fiction such as structure, character, voice, point of view, and setting, as well as describing techniques for stimulating creativity and getting the most out of feedback. This new edition offers extended consideration to structure, point of view, and the organisation of time in the novel, as well as the conduct of the Creative Writing workshop in the light of the decolonising the curriculum movement. It features additional writing exercises, as well as an afterword with invaluable advice on approaching agents and publishers. The range of writers surveyed is greatly expanded, finding inspiration and practical guidance in the work of Margaret Atwood, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, Richard Beard, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Richard Ford, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Anjali Joseph, James Joyce, James Kelman, Ian McEwan, Arundhati Roy, Sam Selvon, Vikram Seth, and Ali Smith, among many others. With over 80 writing exercises and examples taken from dozens of novels and short stories, the new edition of The Art of Writing Fiction is enriched by the author’s own experience as a novelist and lecturer, making it an essential guide for readers interested in the theory, teaching, and practice of Creative Writing.

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Taylor & Francis

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0429951493

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9780429951497

Australia 1901 - 2001

A narrative history

By: Andrew Tink

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Australia 1901 - 2001

A narrative history

By: Andrew Tink

Andrew Tink’s superb book tells the story of Australia in the twentieth century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. A century marked by the trauma of war and the despair of the depression, balanced by extraordinary achievements in sport, science and the arts. A country underpinned by a political system that worked most of the time and the emergence of a mainly harmonious society. Australians at the start of the century could hardly have imagined the prosperity enjoyed by their diverse countrymen and women one hundred years later. Tink’s story is driven by people, whether they be prime ministers, soldiers, shop-keepers, singers, footballers or farmers; a mix of men or women, Australian-born, immigrants and Aborigines. He brings the decades to life, writing with empathy, humour and insight to create a narrative that is as entertaining as it is illuminating.

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NewSouth

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1742241875

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9781742241876

Two Trains Running

By: Andrew Vachss

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Two Trains Running

By: Andrew Vachss

In his most original and compelling book yet, Andrew Vachss presents an electrifying tale of corruption in a devastated mill town. It is 1959--a moment in history when the clandestine, powerful forces that will shape America to the present day are about to collide.Walker Dett is a hired gun, known for using the most extreme measures to accomplish his missions. Royal Beaumont is the "hillbilly boss" who turned Locke City from a dying town into a thriving vice capital. But organized crime outsiders are moving in on Beaumont's turf, so he reaches out for Dett in a high-risk move to maintain his power at all costs. Add a rival Irish political machine, a deeply entrenched neo-Nazi "party", the nascent black power movement, turf-disputing juvenile gangs, a muck-raking journalist who doubles as a blackmailer, the FBI--a covert observer and occasional participant which may itself be under surveillance-- and Locke City is about as stable as a nitroglycerin truck stalled on the railroad tracks.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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1400079381

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9781400079384

Guide to New York City Landmarks

By: Andrew Dolkart,New York Landmarks Preservation Commission

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Guide to New York City Landmarks

By: Andrew Dolkart,New York Landmarks Preservation Commission

The official guide to New York's must-see buildings profiles a host of new landmarks and includes 80 two-color, easy-to-read maps, and more than 200 photographs. This new edition will make every visitor feel like a native--and turn every native into a wide-eyed tourist. Includes a Foreword by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470289635

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9780470289631

Underground, Overground

A Passenger's History of the Tube

By: Andrew Martin

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Underground, Overground

A Passenger's History of the Tube

By: Andrew Martin

Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? The London Underground is the oldest, most sprawling and illogical metropolitan transport system in the world, the result of a series of botch-jobs and improvisations.Yet it transports over one billion passengers every year - and this figure is rising. It is iconic, recognised the world over, and loved and despised by Londoners in equal measure. Blending reportage, humour and personal encounters, Andrew Martin embarks on a wonderfully engaging social history of London's underground railway system (which despite its name, is in fact fifty-five per cent overground). Underground, Overground is a highly enjoyable, witty and informative history of everything you need to know about the Tube.

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Profile Books

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1847658075

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9781847658074

Remembering A.J.

A Selection of Reviews by Film and Tv Critic Andrew Johnston

By: Andrew Johnston

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Remembering A.J.

A Selection of Reviews by Film and Tv Critic Andrew Johnston

By: Andrew Johnston

What do I strive to contribute through my passion and visions? I want to help make the world make a little more sense. I want to do work as a critic and journalist that helps increase the audience of work that deserves exposure and explain why it deserves exposure. And eventually I want to create artistic work of my own - in the form of fiction or essays - that, in its own way, does the same thing - work that illustrates connections, puts things in context and, ultimately, makes people realize that for all the insane bullshit that's going on out there (and has been going on out there since time immemorial), the world is really a pretty cool place." --AJ

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iUniverse

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1663232369

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9781663232366

The Great Train Robbery

The Untold Story from the Closed Investigation Files

By: Andrew Cook

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The Great Train Robbery

The Untold Story from the Closed Investigation Files

By: Andrew Cook

The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is one of the most infamous crimes in British history. The bulk of the money stolen (equivalent to over £40 million today) has never been recovered, and there has not been a single year since 1963 when one aspect of the crime or its participants has not been featured in the media. Despite the wealth and extent of this coverage, a host of questions have remained unanswered: Who was behind the robbery? Was it an inside job? And who got away with the crime of the century? Fifty years of selective falsehood and fantasy has obscured the reality of the story behind the robbery. The fact that a considerable number of the original investigation and prosecution files on those involved and alleged to have been involved were closed, in many cases until 2045, has only served to muddy the waters still further. Now, through Freedom of Information requests and the exclusive opening of many of these files, Andrew Cook reveals a new picture of the crime and its investigation that, at last, provides answers to many of these questions.

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The History Press

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0752492225

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9780752492223

The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry

By: Andrew Root,Kenda Creasy Dean

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The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry

By: Andrew Root,Kenda Creasy Dean

The questions our youth have are often the same ones that perplexed the great theologians. Andrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean invite you to envision youth ministries full of practical theologians. Follow them into reflection on your own practice of theology, and learn how to share that theology through rich conversation and purposeful experience.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830869344

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9780830869343

Walking Wounded

The Life and Poetry of Vernon Scannell

By: Andrew Taylor

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Walking Wounded

The Life and Poetry of Vernon Scannell

By: Andrew Taylor

This uncompromising biography tells the story of a wounded D-Day veteran, a deserter, a violent drunk, a loving father who abandoned his first child, a boxer and brawler, a wife-beater, a bigamist, and a passionately romantic lover. It is also, most importantly, the story of a poet. Vernon Scannell wrote some of the finest poetry to come out of the Second World War. He won the Chomondeley Prize and the Heinemann Award, and for half a century he was acknowledged as one of the leading poets in the country. His Collected Poems are still in print, and his poetry for both adults and children is regularly anthologised and appears on English Literature examination papers. Scannell died in 2007, and Walking Wounded draws on his personal diaries, poems, and other writings to offer the first detailed study of this complex, controversial, and occasionally tragic life. For the first time, the women who loved him tell their stories; his children describe growing up with a father who was funny, affectionate, sometimes violent, and often not there at all; and his fellow poets, including Seamus Heaney, Anthony Thwaite, Alan Brownjohn and Kit Wright, speak of the dedicated stylist, assured performer, and occasionally roistering drunk that they knew. Scannell was seriously wounded in Normandy shortly after D-Day, but the book looks at the deeper, mental scars from the War that he bore all his life, and of the suffering they caused to him and the people who loved him. It is an important book about an important poet, which investigates where poetry comes from, and the terrible price that sometimes has to be paid for it.

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0199603189

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9780199603183

The Contact Lens Manual

A Practical Guide to Fitting

By: Andrew Gasson,Judith A. Morris

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The Contact Lens Manual

A Practical Guide to Fitting

By: Andrew Gasson,Judith A. Morris

The Contact Lens Manual continues to meet the needs of a new generation of optometrists, dispensing opticians, contact lens practitioners and students who require clear and reliable information for fitting a complete range of contact lenses. The fourth edition of this best-selling classic, now in full colour throughout, provides the most up-to-date guidance in all aspects of today's lenses in a practical and easy to use manual. Featuring new developments in lens types, care regimes and current practices, this manual offers a complete package to help readers expand their lens knowledge, improve fitting and optimise patient care. - The authors use a down-to-earth practical approach to distil years of experience into one handy volume. - A bullet point style makes the information easily accessible. - Key information is presented so it can be quickly located. - Practical tips, clinical pearls, helpful advice, and warnings are presented in boxes so readers can see at a glance what to do. - Features updates to all chapters and lens types with a wealth of new information on silicone hydrogels, toric soft lenses, rigid gas-permeable fitting and patient after care. - Presents a new chapter on dry eyes with expert guidance on treatment and practical management advice. - Includes an expanded illustration programme and page design with full colour throughout including colour-coded sections and boxes to highlight key information for easier learning. - Electronic access to brand new video footage of lens and eye care regimes, along with over 100 clinical photographs, images from the book, simulations and calculation tools.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702046027

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9780702046025

The Yellow Diamond

A Crime of the Super-Rich

By: Andrew Martin

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The Yellow Diamond

A Crime of the Super-Rich

By: Andrew Martin

Detective Superintendent George Quinn - Mayfair resident and dandy with a razor-sharp brain - has set up a new police unit, dedicated to investigating the super-rich. When he is shot in mysterious circumstances, DI Blake Reynolds is charged with taking over. But Reynolds hadn't bargained for Quinn's personal assistant - the flinty Victoria Clifford - who knows more than she's prepared to reveal... The trail left by Quinn leads to a jewellery theft, a murderous conspiracy among some of the most glamorous (and richest) Russians in London - and the beautiful Anna, who challenges Reynolds' professional integrity. Reynolds and Clifford must learn to work together fast - or risk Quinn's fate. Set in the heart of twenty-first-century Mayfair, a world of champagne, Lamborghinis and Savile Row suits, The Yellow Diamond is a brilliant new venture from one of our best loved crime authors - meticulously plotted, wonderfully humane and hugely enjoyable.

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Faber & Faber

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0571288227

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9780571288229

Development According to Parents

The Nature, Sources, and Consequences of Parents' Ideas

By: Jacqueline J. Goodnow,W. Andrew Collins

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Development According to Parents

The Nature, Sources, and Consequences of Parents' Ideas

By: Jacqueline J. Goodnow,W. Andrew Collins

This book is about the ideas that parents bring to the "work" of parenting: the nature of these ideas, their sources, and their consequences.

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Psychology Press

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0863771610

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9780863771613

Central Park

An Anthology

By: Andrew Blauner

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Central Park

An Anthology

By: Andrew Blauner

Central Park is perhaps the most well-trod and familiar green space in the county. It is both a refuge from the city and Manhattan's very heart; a respite from the urban grind and a hive of activity all its own. 843 carefully planned acres allow some 37 million visitors each year to come and get lost in a sense of nature. Unsurprisingly, the park also inspires a wealth of great writing, and here Andrew Blauner collects some of the finest fiction and nonfiction-- 20 pieces in all, with classics sprinkled among 13 new ones commissioned from great New York writers. Bill Buford spends a wild night in the park; Jonathan Safran Foer envisions it as a tiny, transplanted piece of a mythical Sixth Borough; and Marie Winn answers definitively Holden Caulfield's question of where the ducks go when the park's ponds freeze over. There are bird sightings and fish sightings; Jackie Kennedy and James Brown sightings; and pieces by Colson Whitehead, Paul Auster, and Francine Prose. This vibrant collection presents Central Park, in all its many-faceted glory, a 51-block swath of special magic.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1608197425

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9781608197422

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